The secret garden

 Whats been going on?

Sunflower in the school garden

 I picked wild damsons and some blackcurrants from the school garden.....

 .....and made jam.

These are a few photos from my Instagram page.

I think I may have mentioned our garden was badly neglected when we built the extension nearly 5 years ago and then after a few bad summers when it made gardening difficult, it has got quite out of control.

 I walked around a month or so ago and took some photos and put some filters on to make them look like old photos of a secret garden, one just waiting to be reborn.

And it will be sorted, it is next on our list. In the meantime, my Mother-in-law has come to visit and she is determined for Hubby and I to get a plan together and put down some sort of timescale.

So we walked around the top half and made notes and lists of jobs to do immediately and jobs to do long term. Then today in between the rain showers my Mother-in Law and I scrubbed the moss covered bench and paving flags just outside the patio doors.

The newly cleaned patio

 Last week I visited my mum and found her at her allotment.

This is not an neglected place, in fact it takes up so much of her time she has decided to give it up at the end of the year. It is a lot of hard work for her, but she does really enjoy herself while she is there, still I am sure she will work wonder in her little back garden at home.

I will miss my visits to her allotment, I always come home with masses of home grown produce.

Liverpool Giants

Yes still here.....still playing catch up!

 At the beginning of the summer holiday Hubby, mum and I went to see the Giants in Liverpool

 Grandma was asleep outside St Georges Hall

The little girl and Xolo her dog were having a snooze near to the Mersey tunnel entrance.
 (You can read about some of the stories reported over the three days here at the BBC).

 The little girl and her dog had been to Liverpool in 2012 (we missed them that time) this time they came to show Grandma around and Grandma had come to tell the people of Liverpool about the day the Pals Joined up and went to war 100 years ago.

We followed the little girl for a while but then found a spot where we could get a good look at them as they walked past on their way to Canning Dock later that evening.

 As you can see it was very, very busy!

 First Xolo came running past

 Then the little girl and Grandma

This was on the Saturday and they would go home on the Sunday, with even larger crowds to wave them off as they sailed down the Mersey on a boat.